What does Sabrina mean?

Sabrina means "thorny cactus"

How do we pronounce Sabrina?

Sabrina \sa-bri-na, sab-r-ina\ is a female's name. It consists of 7 letters and 3 syllables.

The baby girl name Sabrina is pronounced in English as SahBRIYNah or in German as ZaaPRIYNaa 1.

1 Pronunciation for Sabrina: S as in "see (S.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; P as in "pea (P.IY)"

What is the origin of Sabrina?

Sabrina's language of origin is Hebrew and Celtic. It is used predominantly in Czech, English, German, and Italian. Habren (Celtic), Hafren (Celtic), and Sabrina (Latinized) are original forms of the name. The name was borne in Celtic mythology by Hafren, a princess who was cast into the River Severn in Wales. The river was variously known as Habren via the works of Geoffrey of Monmouth, or as the Latinized form Sabrina in works by Tacitus and Bede. According to legend, the river was supposedly named after the princess, but in fact the character was so named or created to explain the origins of river name. The legendary Sabrina later appeared in literary works such as John Milton's masque Comus (1637), as a water nymph of the Severn who frees the heroine on account of the latter's virtuous character. It also appeared in Sabrina Fair (1953), a romantic comedy by Samuel A. Taylor which cited Milton's work. The first name was adopted by English speakers in the 19th century. Sabrina is a diminutive of Sabra meaning (English and Hebrew). The name Sabrina is widely used; it has 35 variants that are used in both English and foreign languages. English variants of Sabrina comprise name Breena origin, Cabrina meaning, Sabre meaning of name, baby name Sabreana, nicknames for Sabreanah, name Sabreane meaning, Sabreen name variations, name Sabreenah meaning, what does the name Sabreene mean, Sabreina meaning and origin, meaning of Sabrene, short names for Sabriena, Sabrin name variations, Sabrinas name variations, Sabrinia name, baby name Sabriniah, Sabrinna meaning and origin, what does the name Sabriya mean, short names for Sabryn, Sabrynah name, Sabryne pronounciation, short names for Sabrynna, Saprina definition, Sebree name popularity, Subrina definition, what does the name Zabrina mean, and Zavrina pronounciation. Other English forms comprise the shortenings meaning of Brina and Sabrine meaning of name, and the spelling variants what does the name Sabreena mean, short names for Sabrena, baby name Sabrinah, name Sabryna meaning, and Sebrina definition. Xabrina name (Latin) is a variant of the name that is used in foreign languages. Sabrina is a popular baby girl name. The name's popularity grew from the 1950s up to the 1990s; before that, it was of only irregular use. Its usage peaked modestly in 1997 with 0.305% of baby girls being named Sabrina. It had a ranking of #53 then. The baby name has experienced a decline in popularity since then. In 2010, it ranked at #219 with a usage of 0.073%, however it was nevertheless the most commonly used among all girl names in its family.

List of baby names that is pronounced like Sabrina:

name Sabreana meaning, nicknames for Sabrene, Sabrinah meaning (English), meaning of Sabrinna (English), short names for Sabryna (English), Sabrynah name, Sabrynna name popularity, Saffrona name, Saffronah pronounciation, name Safrona meaning, Safronah pronounciation, Safronna meaning of name, baby name Safronnah, name Saprina meaning (English), Sebrina pronounciation (English), name Severeen origin, nicknames for Severeene, name Severine, Séverine meaning (French), and Soffrona meaning of name (English).

The baby name Sabrina fun facts:

The name Sabrina in reverse order is "Anirbas".

The numerological value of the name Sabrina is number 1, which means initiating action, pioneering, leading, independent, attaining, individual.

How popular is Sabrina?

Sabrina is in the top names in USA.

YearUsage
20140.06%
20130.06%
20120.07%
20110.07%
20100.08%
20090.08%
20080.10%
20070.09%
Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames